Need to Know

Published December 11, 2025

  • Volunteers sought for WNY World Refugee Day
    6/4/19
    Volunteers are needed to help with Western New York’s 10th annual celebration of World Refugee Day, a global event initiated in 2000 by the United Nations that is designed to recognize the people who add diversity to our communities.
  • EOC to hold Community College Instant Admissions Day
    6/3/19
    The UB Educational Opportunity Center (UBEOC) invites high school seniors and the community’s adult learners to attend its Community College Instant Admissions Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 29 at the center at 555 Ellicott St., Buffalo.
  • One World Café construction info available online
    5/30/19
    Anyone travelling the first floor of Capen Hall will find the first stage of construction for One World Café — asbestos abatement — is underway.
  • Tips for writing emails that don’t look like phishing messages
    5/28/19
    Phishing attempts — fraudulent emails designed to trick people into revealing sensitive personal information — are especially insidious because they often claim to be from a trusted source, like a colleague, or your bank, or your university.
  • Boldly Buffalo video series earns prestigious New York Emmy®
    5/21/19
    A series of videos produced for Boldly Buffalo: The Campaign for UB received a New York Emmy® award May 4 at a black-tie gala in New York City’s Marriott Marquis Time Square.
  • PSS to honor award winners
    5/16/19
    The Professional Staff Senate will hold its annual Awards Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 28 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.
  • PSS presents inclusion and diversity conference
    5/15/19
    “Knowing, Being, Doing: Building a Diverse and Inclusive Community at UB,” an open conversation on campus diversity, will be held June 4 on the UB North Campus.
  • Record giving on UB Giving Day
    5/15/19
    The fifth annual UB Giving Day, held May 1-2, shattered all previous records, with more than 2,000 donors committing more than $1.4 million for one cause: the University at Buffalo.
  • ‘Night with the Bulls’ set for June 6
    5/14/19
    Join UB Athletic Director Mark Alnutt and the head coaches of the football and men’s and women’s basketball teams for a “Night with the Bulls” on June 6.
  • UB honored for ‘Best Food Allergy Training for Universities’
    5/13/19
    Campus Dining and Shops (CDS) has been recognized as having the “Best Food Allergy Training for Universities” in 2019 by AllerTrain by MenuTrinfo, a national leader in food allergy and gluten-free training and awareness for the food service industry.